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Oliver Bierhoff

1968 - Today

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Oliver Bierhoff (born 1 May 1968) is a German football official and former player who played as a forward. He has previously served as the national team director of the German Football Association. A tall, strong and prolific goalscorer, Bierhoff was mostly renowned for his excellent abilities in the air, and as a target man, being able to deliver pin-point headers towards goal. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oliver Bierhoff has received more than 1,173,809 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Oliver Bierhoff is the 429th most popular soccer player (down from 375th in 2019), the 1,617th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,689th in 2019) and the 39th most popular German Soccer Player.

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  • 58.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 47

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Oliver Bierhoff ranks 429 out of 21,273. Before him are Igor Netto, Michiyo Taki, Philipp Lahm, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Juan Sebastián Verón, and Masuzo Madono. After him are Thiago Alcântara, John Charles, Marius Trésor, Fernando Peyroteo, Robinho, and Thomas N'Kono.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Oliver Bierhoff ranks 40. Before him are Alexander Stubb, Colin McRae, Jim Caviezel, Eric Bana, Hashim Thaçi, and Guðni Th. Jóhannesson. After him are Mswati III, Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh, Abdul Ghani Baradar, Lucy Lawless, Ashley Judd, and Sadyr Japarov.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Oliver Bierhoff ranks 1,617 out of 7,253. Before him are Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld (1921), Philipp Lahm (1983), Bastian Schweinsteiger (1984), Princess Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt (1736), Franz Xaver Schwarz (1875), and Conrad, Margrave of Meissen (1097). After him are Eduard Mörike (1804), Otto Wels (1873), Augusta Victoria of Hohenzollern (1890), August Kopff (1882), Wilhelm Rediess (1900), and Frederick III, Elector Palatine (1515).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Germany

Among soccer players born in Germany, Oliver Bierhoff ranks 39. Before him are Jürgen Grabowski (1944), Jupp Derwall (1927), Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck (1948), Ottmar Walter (1924), Philipp Lahm (1983), and Bastian Schweinsteiger (1984). After him are Hans-Peter Briegel (1955), Marco Reus (1989), Klaus Fischer (1949), Hans Schäfer (1927), Max Morlock (1925), and Jürgen Kohler (1965).

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